Bud Iszler, Denis and Shirley Twohig and I hiked up Elk Mountain on April 13th. Snow in the forest was 3-4 feet. Snow on the mountain was 2-3 feet with only a few grassy areas showing where the wind and sun do their thing. We used snowshoes about 90% of the time. Bud and I did the same hike March 29 2007 and walked the entire way with no snowshoes. After this weeks cold weather snow melt looks to be about 4 weeks behind last year. We'll get more ice axe work for sure. The boarders that hang out at the Two Medicine Grill in East glacier are lovin' it!